WORKING-CLASS ORGANISATIONS AND POPULAR TOURISM, 1840-1970.
Series: STUDIES IN POPULAR CULTURE
Publisher: MANCHESTER UNIV PRESS
Published: 2005
Place of publication: MANCHESTER
Language: und; eng
Number of pages: 237
Description: This study ... charts the development of the working-class holiday over two centuries. Starting with the cult of St Monday, the problem of absenteeism of northern textile workers during Wakes Week ... culminating with the Holidays Pay Act 1938.